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Pentesting Active Directory and Windows-based Infrastructure

You're reading from  Pentesting Active Directory and Windows-based Infrastructure

Product type Book
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804611364
Pages 360 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Denis Isakov Denis Isakov
Profile icon Denis Isakov

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting the Lab Ready and Attacking Exchange Server 2. Chapter 2: Defense Evasion 3. Chapter 3: Domain Reconnaissance and Discovery 4. Chapter 4: Credential Access in Domain 5. Chapter 5: Lateral Movement in Domain and Across Forests 6. Chapter 6: Domain Privilege Escalation 7. Chapter 7: Persistence on Domain Level 8. Chapter 8: Abusing Active Directory Certificate Services 9. Chapter 9: Compromising Microsoft SQL Server 10. Chapter 10: Taking Over WSUS and SCCM 11. Index 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Roasting the three-headed dog

It was inevitable that we would reach a point where we must discuss and understand Kerberos. This authentication protocol was built to access services in the network by presenting a valid ticket.

Kerberos 101

We need a bit more of an understanding of how the protocol works before we can discuss the attack venues available for us. As a good starting point, I can recommend the blog post by hackndo[17]

We have three main subjects – the client, service, and Key Distribution Center (KDC), which is the domain controller. The following diagram[18], which was published on the Microsoft website, explains how it works:

Figure 4.8 – Kerberos in a nutshell

Now let follow the authentication process in more details step-by-step.

  1. KRB_AS_REQ (Kerberos Authentication Service Request) is sent by the client to KDC and contains various information, most importantly, a timestamp that is encrypted with the hashed...
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